Exact same experience I had when I had to get my iPhone 6 display fixed. Reimbursed me for the whole repair from the Genius Bar and waived the deductible. Excellent service, immediately got SquareTrade for my 6s Plus.

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Guess you've never tried SquareTrade then. Kick ass service for way less than AppleCare.

Exact same experience I had when I had to get my iPhone 6 display fixed. Reimbursed me for the whole repair from the Genius Bar and waived the deductible. Excellent service, immediately got SquareTrade for my 6s Plus.

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square trade has a policy where if the repair cost is under $125 they will waive the deductible.

how square trade works.
you have 4 claims
you can get either 2 years for $99 or 3 years for $129

the purchase cost of the phone, lets say $949 is the total amount that square trade will spend
for repairs over the life of the contract. minus the $75 deductible.

so if you need a screen repair for a 6s+ that is $149 - 75 = 74 gets deducted from 949

so you run over your phone . they want $329. 329 - 75 = 254 gets deducted from the 949

you lose out on applecare support. thats really nice to have. applecare phone support really helps out and they spend the time to look this up or give you someones email address. . the genius just kinda rushes you out the door with a rubber stamp

applecare only overs 2 incidents.

applecare covers your airport and time capsule as long as it was purchased 2 years ago to 3 years of applecare.

you make a claim against square trade. they approve the claim. you go and have the phone swapped out and send them your receipt , and they reimburse you via paypal in a few days.

i got them to reimburse me the same day for a mac book pro power adapter.

iPads and macs are different. they offer no deductibles on iPads. but apple care requires one

square trade will offer mail in service for all computers. and iPhones and iPads , they offer next day replacements. oh sure i bet apple does too. but they don't think a mac mini is a portable computer. so if you have mac mini claims, you have to drive to the store. or ask them nicely for onsite.
because they won't accept mail in service for a mac mini

NVM. The website states 3 claims for smartphones, but the rep over the phone told me it's 4 claims now. Also I was able to get $10 discount on the iPhone plan (either plan). I decided to go with the 3 years since I can always get a pro-rated refund and it might help with the resale value after 2 years.

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For my phone, I use AppleCare+ because I work out of my house and my phone literally sits on my night stand or on my desk 90% of it's entire life. That doesn't mean I don't drop it (I have done that previously) but I also don't use a case so I like to have some kind of insurance with it.

To contrast, my wife uses a case for drop protection but also works at a university where there's a likelihood that her phone could get stolen. In fact, she did have her phone stolen once. Because of this difference, I get her a 1-year policy with Worth Avenue Group. This covers loss, theft, damage, etc. I called them and explained the last theft situation and they told me that if we had their coverage at the time, we would have been covered.

After 1 year of WAG coverage, we "self insure" with my old iPhone so if she loses/breaks her phone she has to revert to last year's model.

You have to figure out what is more likely to happen to YOU and what kind of turnaround you need. I need my phone for my job so Apple's advance replacement (usually overnight or within 1.5 days) is critical for me. My chances of having my phone stolen are not as great. Therefore, AC+ is best for me. My wife could have hers stolen OR broken and does not NEED her phone like I do (we always have a spare -- right now it's my old iPhone 5) so theft/loss coverage is a must, therefore WAG.

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For my phone, I use AppleCare+ because I work out of my house and my phone literally sits on my night stand or on my desk 90% of it's entire life. That doesn't mean I don't drop it (I have done that previously) but I also don't use a case so I like to have some kind of insurance with it.

To contrast, my wife uses a case for drop protection but also works at a university where there's a likelihood that her phone could get stolen. In fact, she did have her phone stolen once. Because of this difference, I get her a 1-year policy with Worth Avenue Group. This covers loss, theft, damage, etc. I called them and explained the last theft situation and they told me that if we had their coverage at the time, we would have been covered.

After 1 year of WAG coverage, we "self insure" with my old iPhone so if she loses/breaks her phone she has to revert to last year's model.

You have to figure out what is more likely to happen to YOU and what kind of turnaround you need. I need my phone for my job so Apple's advance replacement (usually overnight or within 1.5 days) is critical for me. My chances of having my phone stolen are not as great. Therefore, AC+ is best for me. My wife could have hers stolen OR broken and does not NEED her phone like I do (we always have a spare -- right now it's my old iPhone 5) so theft/loss coverage is a must, therefore WAG.

the one advantage of a diminishing value policy is that lets say your like me , and you buy a $999 macbook air, and you spill water on it after a year, if the repairs outweigh the cost of a new computer you get $999 to buy a current model

i had a claim like that. the logic board replacement nearly totaled out my funds , so the policy was diminished a lot

i had enough square trade points to warranty a tv and mac mini for free

So if I signed up for square trade October 23rd. Am I within my 30 days to sign up for square trade?

2. It was purchased for $299 subsidized pricing from ATT. I found a Twitter account from square trade they will reimbursed you up to full retail price but that was from 2013. Anyone have any issues dealing with subidized price vs retail price.

So if I signed up for square trade October 23rd. Am I within my 30 days to sign up for square trade?

2. It was purchased for $299 subsidized pricing from ATT. I found a Twitter account from square trade they will reimbursed you up to full retail price but that was from 2013. Anyone have any issues dealing with subidized price vs retail price.

1) call them at 1 877 warranty and ask. the coverage period starts when you accept delivery. if i were you i would buy it today, submit your receipt, and then if they don't approve it, you can get a refund

2) they will reimburse you for the full retail value of the iPhone, they don't limit your plan to the subsidized price.i heard it was 4 incidents or $999 , or whatever comes first. on my mac mini it says max coverage $499, on my mac book pro retina it says 1699.99 but on my phone it is blank

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I have always had Squaretrade warranties for all of my idevices. I find Squaretrade much better than Apple Caere. Years ago, I filed a claim for my daughter's itouch and Squaretrade sent me a check to buy a new one. Squaretrade is the best!

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